Well-being, resilience, stress, happiness, healthy habits, and the mind-body connection.
Chronic family stress may affect more than a child’s emotional well-being. Research with five-year-olds suggests that high family stress may also be associated with changes in immune-system functioning.
Psychological care may be an important part of cardiac rehabilitation. A meta-analysis found that adding psychological interventions was associated with fewer deaths and cardiovascular events among heart disease patients over time.
Exercise is known to benefit the brain, but how? Research in mice identified a molecular pathway that may help explain how physical activity supports brain processes involved in learning and memory.
Study finds emerging leaders aren’t the ones with the highest IQ—they’re the ones who read emotions best. Emotional intelligence matters more for leadership than matters more for leadership than being dominance or charisma.
Employees who read emotions well navigate office politics better and stay more committed to their jobs. High emotional intelligence at work means less burnout and more job satisfaction.
Resilience isn’t something you build through sheer willpower—it’s rooted in your earliest relationships. Neuroscience shows secure early attachment shapes the brain’s capacity to bounce back from stress, but adult relationships can help reshape that capacity too.
Some families bounce back from tragedy stronger than before—so what’s their secret? Decades of research suggest strategies like meaning-making, flexible optimism, and cultivating purpose beyond the self can help families recover from trauma.
Life coach Natalie Gahrmann explains why balance starts with clarifying your values, not just managing your calendar. Congruence between your values and your daily life is the real key to balance.
